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cranberry

cran·ber·ry
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kran-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
    • /ˈkrænˌbɛr i, -bə ri/
    • /ˈkræn.bər.i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kran-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
    • /ˈkrænˌbɛr i, -bə ri/

Definitions of cranberry word

  • countable noun cranberry Cranberries are red berries with a sour taste. They are often used to make a sauce or jelly that you eat with meat. 3
  • noun cranberry any of several trailing ericaceous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium, such as the European V. oxycoccus, that bear sour edible red berries 3
  • noun cranberry the berry of this plant, used to make sauce or jelly 3
  • noun cranberry a firm, sour, edible, red berry, the fruit of any of several trailing evergreen shrubs (genus Vaccinium) of the heath family 3
  • noun cranberry any of these shrubs 3
  • noun plural cranberry the red, acid fruit or berry of certain plants of the genus Vaccinium, of the heath family, as V. macrocarpon (large cranberry or American cranberry) or V. oxycoccus (small cranberry or European cranberry) used in making sauce, relish, jelly, or juice. 1

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Origin of cranberry

First appearance:

before 1640
One of the 44% oldest English words
1640-50, Americanism; < Low German kraanbere. See crane, berry

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Parts of speech for Cranberry

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cranberry popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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